Slavoj Žižek
Slavoj Žižek was a Slovenian philosopher, cultural studies scholar, sociologist, university teacher, essayist and psychoanalyst (born 1949).
Also recorded as Slavoj Zizek · Zizek · Slavoj Krečič Žižek

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Biography
The authorities additionally record the headings Slavoj Zizek, Zizek and Slavoj Krečič Žižek. His recorded languages were Serbo-Croatian, French, English and German. His recorded confession was atheism.
He married Renata Salecl and Jela Krečič.
Slavoj Žižek worked in ideology, political science, Marxism, film theory and ontology. His work is associated with Hegelianism, Marxism and Lacanianism.
He was employed by European Graduate School, Birkbeck, University of London and University of Ljubljana. He belonged to Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts. He worked at Ljubljana.
Slavoj Žižek is recorded as having received Ambassador of Science of the Republic of Slovenia and Gold Medal of the Círculo de Bellas Artes.
Slavoj Žižek studied at Bežigrad Grammar School, University of Ljubljana and Paris 8 University. The recorded working language is Serbo-Croatian, French and English.
The field of work recorded is ideology, political science and Marxism. Louis Althusser, Alain Badiou and G. K. Chesterton are recorded as an influence.
Places of work recorded in the authority are Ljubljana. Employment is recorded with European Graduate School, Birkbeck, University of London and University of Ljubljana.
Distinctions recorded are Ambassador of Science of the Republic of Slovenia and Gold Medal of the Círculo de Bellas Artes.

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Life and career
Explore 1949–2023
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1949
Slavoj Žižek was born in 1949 at Ljubljana.
1992
Goza tu síntoma Jacques Lacan dentro y fuera de Holliwood (1992) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
1992
Goza tu síntoma Jacques Lacan dentro y fuera de Holliwood digitised by Internet Archive.
2000
The Ticklish Subject: The Absent Centre of Political Ontology (2000) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
2004
What's the matter with Kansas? is dated 2004.
2005
Zizek, S.-Bienvenidos al Desierto de lo Real, Madrid, 2005. (2005) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
2009
Slavoj Zizek RSA Animate First As Tragedy, Then As Farce (2009) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
2011
El más sublime de los histéricos (2011) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
2011
El más sublime de los histéricos digitised by Internet Archive.
2015
Zizek At Princeton On April 2015 (2015) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
2015
Zizek At Princeton On April 2015 digitised by Internet Archive.
2016
Zizek, S.: La Nueva Lucha de Clases. Los Refugiados y el Terror, México, 2016. (2016) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
2018
La vigencia de el manifiesto comunista (2018) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
2018
La vigencia de el manifiesto comunista digitised by Internet Archive.
2023
Hipocresía (2023) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
2023
Hipocresía digitised by Internet Archive.
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Zizek, S.: La Nueva Lucha de Clases. Los Refugiados y el Terror, México, 2016. Zizek, S.-Bienvenidos al Desierto de lo Real, Madrid, 2005.
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scholarly publication
- L’écran noir. Slavoj Žižek, le cinéma et l’idéologie, Autour de Slavoj Žižek, 2010
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2010
- Politics of Negativity in Slavoj Žižek: Actualizing Some Hegelian Themes, Slavoj Žižek and Dialectical Materialism, 2016
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2016
- Slavoj Žižek as Internet Philosopher, Does the Internet Have an Unconscious? : Slavoj Žižek and Digital Culture
Scholarly · Crossref registry
- Žižek live, Slavoj Žižek : Live Theory
Scholarly · Crossref registry
- Žižek on others : others on Žižek, Slavoj Žižek : Live Theory
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reference work
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q184750: Slavoj Žižek
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- “Slavoj Žižek”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Bibliography
Slavoj Žižek as Internet Philosopher, Does the Internet Have an Unconscious?: Slavoj Žižek and Digital Culture. Žižek live, Slavoj Žižek: Live Theory. Žižek on others: others on Žižek, Slavoj Žižek: Live Theory. Politics of Negativity in Slavoj Žižek: Actualizing Some Hegelian Themes, Slavoj Žižek and Dialectical Materialism, 2016. Gozo Organizado no Carnaval, Licere, 2017. « Quelque chose d’inaudible à propos d’un prophète et d’un hamster »: le terrorisme à la Mathias Énard, Convergences Francophones, 2023. Reescritura e intertextualidad en «Pequeñas mujercitas» de Solange Rodríguez Pappe, Brumal: Revista de Investigación sobre lo Fantástico, 2025. Dynamics of testimony and mythical violence in “Sou eu mais livre, então: diário de um preso político angolano”, by Luaty Beirão, Gragoatá, 2020.
L’écran noir
Slavoj Žižek, le cinéma et l’idéologie, Autour de Slavoj Žižek, 2010
Hegel im verdrahteten Gehirn von Slavoj Žižek, Medienimpulse, 2020
Bir Roman Uyarlaması Olarak Tersine Dünya Filmindeki Toplumsal Cinsiyet Güldürüsü Üzerine Bir İnceleme, İletişim Kuram ve Araştırma Dergisi, 2017
Dialogismo y síntoma en Abel de Alexis Moreno, Aisthesis, 2008
Castro-Gómez, Santiago
Revoluciones sin sujeto
Slavoj Žižek y la crítica del historicismo postmoderno, Ideas y Valores, 2016
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Politics of Negativity in Slavoj Žižek: Actualizing Some Hegelian Themes, Slavoj Žižek and Dialectical Materialism, 2016Crossref registry
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Slavoj Žižek as Internet Philosopher, Does the Internet Have an Unconscious? : Slavoj Žižek and Digital CultureCrossref registry
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Žižek live, Slavoj Žižek : Live TheoryCrossref registry
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Žižek on others : others on Žižek, Slavoj Žižek : Live TheoryCrossref registry
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q184750: Slavoj ŽižekWikimedia Foundation
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Slavoj Žižek studied at Bežigrad Grammar School, University of Ljubljana and Paris 8 University. The record notes the qualification doctorate in France. His recorded influences include Louis Althusser, Alain Badiou, G. K. Chesterton, Božidar Debenjak and Sigmund Freud.
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